MANKATO — Severe weather with the possibility of tornadoes is forecast for south-central Minnesota through Friday morning.
That’s the National Weather Service version.
The version from storm chaser Simon Brewer is somewhat more dramatic.
“The setup for this system tomorrow looks something along the lines of historic proportions,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “There’s going to be a natural disaster tomorrow.”
Simon, who traveled here in August of 2006 after correctly predicting a tornado would strike the region, plans on traveling first to northwestern Iowa.
He predicts the most powerful tornadoes will form there, but said he had a good chance of spotting a tornado from Minnesota to Oklahoma.
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